COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Brigham Hill and Mark Ecker combined for a five-hit shutout as second-ranked Texas A&M defeated third-ranked South Carolina 3-0 on Friday night at Founders Park. The Aggies are now 38-10 overall and 17-8 in the SEC, while the Gamecocks fell to 37-12 on the year and 16-8 in conference play. Hill recorded his sixth win…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — The lower half of the lineup came through once again as No. 13 South Carolina women’s tennis took down in-state foe Winthrop, 4-2, on Friday in the First Round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament at Carolina Tennis Center. The Gamecocks (19-7, 9-4) advance to the Second Round for the third-straight year under head coach Kevin Epley, where…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — South Carolina Athletics unveiled plans for a new 17-acre golf practice facility on Friday. The state-of-the-art complex, located behind Gamecock Park and minutes from the University’s main campus, will feature over 400 yards of hitting space as well as three greens totaling 18,000 square feet. The facility is being built by USC Foundations through private gifts from…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — South Carolina women’s golf standout Katelyn Dambaugh has been named to the 2015-16 PING WGCA Division I Player of the Year Watch List, the Women’s Golf Coaches Association announced on Friday. The junior joins UCLA’s Bronte Law, Duke’s Leona Maguire and Georgia’s Bailey Tardy as the nominees for the annual honor given to the top women’s…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Fireflies) — A pitchers’ duel unfolded at Spirit Communications Park on Thursday, but the Fireflies came up short in the battle. Columbia fell to the Asheville Tourists, 4-1, in game one of the four game series. Thomas McIlraith (L, 1-3) recorded the longest outing by a Columbia (18-15) pitcher this season. The Texan muscled through seven and one third…
STARKVILLE, MS (USC SID) — South Carolina (36-21) could not post comeback heroics on two straight days, falling to No. 10/9 Tennessee (41-13) in the quarterfinals of the 2016 SEC Softball Tournament at Nusz Park 5-1. Tennessee claimed a 2-0 lead in the first on Megan Geer’s two-out, two-run home run, scoring Meghan Gregg after she started the rally with…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — USC Police are looking for two men they say took items from Williams-Brice Stadium Sunday. Police describe both subjects as men in their late 20’s. One, police say, has dark hair, a beard and mustache, and what appears to be a tattoo of a phoenix on the left side of his chest. Investigators say the other…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — On the concourse at Founders Park, a white board with the current SEC Standings is wiped clean. On this Thursday, one day before (8) USC’s home series with (2) Texas A&M, the board, updated before each Carolina home game, waits for the dry erase markers to fill its contents. Chad Holbrook and his players don’t look…
BOSTON, MA – MAY 11: Jackie Bradley Jr. #25 of the Boston Red Sox has Powerade dumped on him after the victory over the Oakland Athletics at Fenway Park on May 11, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images) BOSTON (AP) — Former Gamecock Jackie Bradley Jr. had two home runs and six RBI to extend his hitting…
STARKVILLE, MS (USC SID) — Gamecock junior Taylor Williams cranked a pinch-hit home run in the eighth to send South Carolina (36-20) to a 7-4 extra-innings victory in the opening game of the 2016 SEC Softball Tournament over sixth-seeded and No. 17/15 Missouri. Williams came on with two outs after a single by junior Victoria Williams and a two-out double…
